Video #1

Here is the first of what I hope will be several videos showing how things are run in my classroom.  This clip is short (just under two minutes), but it gives you a feel for the level of the kids and the kinds of conversations they have.  This is one of three tables in my classroom, and while they were having this discussion I was at one of the other tables, so pretty much all of this is student-directed, including one student who is noting who goes to the board and who makes a "helpful" contribution, whether it's a comment, a question, or whatever.  Other than review and test days, this is what the classroom looks like (or at least it's what it should look like) every day.